All I can say about Brecktobercross is that it was a blast. Out my 6 years racing cyclocross, this is a race I have never done. I loved the course. And what made it even better is that it rained, for about 3 or 4 hours before my race starting, and during my race. So you know that means, MUD!!!!! And it wasn't the break shit kind of mud, it was just watery so you got wet and dirty but not your bike. It wasn't too warm up though, probably about 55 degrees Fahrenheit is my guess, but I'm not really sure. I had a great helper who came up to the race with me, Ariana who helped me out with everything including cheering:) Now about how I did. I didn't win the 3's in the small 25-man field but I still got silver. I got beat by Zane again by about 30 seconds. I had a pretty whole shot, even though the ground was not level and it took me a second to get into get on the saddle and stuff, so I was 3rd out of the start going into the immediately muddy singletrack. I ended up passing the guy in 2nd giving me the control of the front of the race behind Zane. Zane was just to strong and thanks to my valiant effort on saturday at GMVS Cross I was already tired at the start. On the road section my other road teammate Dangerous Dave Kessler passed me just to end up crashing later on in the single track on the first lap leaving with 2nd again. Behind me in 3rd and 4th was a MOOTS guy and a Velonews guy. I put in a hard effort with Zane for the first 2 laps until he was able to out ride me in a section where I had a random wash-out on a 180 degree off-camber turn. He eventually put together a 30-second lead on me at the end of the 8 or 9 lap race. That is what I built on 3rd and 4th leaving me with a comfortable gap for any mishap. But I had a very good time up there even though I think I might have gotten minor altitude sickness, forcing me to stay home from school the day after. And I'm already looking forward to a fun weekend of racing in Boulder this weekend, and possibly Cross at the River in Buena Vista.
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